Never take today for granted

Oh so tragic was the bombing of the Twin Towers – so many meaningful lives lost. What are we thinking or are we not thinking at all? Compassion is something we have lost; are we now a human race of non-caring individuals whose only concern is me? What happened? Where did all the caring people go? Like all the people in the towers were so quickly erased from this earth, have we so quickly forgotten how to love one another?

In the past few months, so many names from Paxton have appeared in the obituaries, so many we knew and so many we did not. How pleasant would it be if we all could say, “I remember the smile on his or her face when I said… or when I did this… to or with them? For tomorrow, the person next to you could be gone from this world.

How simple it would be to look at the people next to you and put a smile in their heart, a laugh, or just a touch of their hand to show you honestly care.

We cannot control tomorrow, but can control right now. Regret is such an ugly word, when it could be avoided with such ease. The next time you see someone, look them in the eye and say, “hi,” wink, laugh, or whatever it takes, because you never know.

Let us all here become an example to our grandchildren, children, and one another that we care, love, and most of all, know the importance of putting a smile in the hearts of others.